In what is about as surprising as the sun rising in the morning, Michael Dell has started talking down netbooks. Dell made his comments about netbooks at the Churchill Club in Silicon Valley, and considering the impact of netbooks on manufacturers' bottom lines, it's really not that surprising.

The next big die shrink should allow for MUCH faster and lower-power processors. They could start having dual, triple, or even quad core CPUs running under 1 watt (under load, of course). Screen size aside, this would make the netbook experience far more enjoyable.